There’s an interesting interview on the Rochford Life website with Rochford Councillor Keith Gordon.
Here’s an extract:
It?s been fairly easy since last Christmas. One of the ones people may not know about is having to make an Executive Decision about Sex Shops. This was because the government changed the rules, and we didn?t have a policy for this so I had to sign off a policy for it.
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Another thing I?ve done since Christmas is close Wakering Sports Centre. That closed officially Friday last week, which wasn?t a happy thing to do but it saved us about ?81,000 a year. Unfortunately not a lot of people used it. It was used mainly by people out of the District for parties. We?re still negotiating with some other people who might take it over, as either a soft play area or something like that. We?re also in discussions with the primary school there and Essex County Council to maybe give them a bit of a boost to get their swimming pool covered over, and that will become their main hall and become a sports facility for Wakering.